Q: Is 3,002,328 a Composite Number?

Why is 3,002,328 a composite number?

A composite number is a number that can be divided evenly by more numbers than 1 and itself. It is the opposite of a prime number.

The number 3,002,328 can be evenly divided by 1 2 3 4 6 7 8 9 12 14 18 21 23 24 28 36 37 42 46 49 56 63 69 72 74 84 92 98 111 126 138 147 148 161 168 184 196 207 222 252 259 276 294 296 322 333 392 414 441 444 483 504 518 552 588 644 666 777 828 851 882 888 966 1,036 1,127 1,176 1,288 1,332 1,449 1,554 1,656 1,702 1,764 1,813 1,932 2,072 2,254 2,331 2,553 2,664 2,898 3,108 3,381 3,404 3,528 3,626 3,864 4,508 4,662 5,106 5,439 5,796 5,957 6,216 6,762 6,808 7,252 7,659 9,016 9,324 10,143 10,212 10,878 11,592 11,914 13,524 14,504 15,318 16,317 17,871 18,648 20,286 20,424 21,756 23,828 27,048 30,636 32,634 35,742 40,572 41,699 43,512 47,656 53,613 61,272 65,268 71,484 81,144 83,398 107,226 125,097 130,536 142,968 166,796 214,452 250,194 333,592 375,291 428,904 500,388 750,582 1,000,776 1,501,164 and 3,002,328, with no remainder.

Since 3,002,328 cannot be divided by just 1 and 3,002,328, it is a composite number.

More Examples

• All positive natural numbers are either a prime number or a composite number (except the number 1, which is neither).